Culloden - the ghosts of Culloden by Isla Grant

[@boulevardhouse351]

One of the best song writers and singer in a long long time .. A lovely lady as well, wish she would bring out some more of her beautiful songs ....from a fan of hers for years ...... West of Ireland ......

[@davidtrevena1576]

I have been to the Culloden battlefield incredible atmospheric historical place you can sense the soldiers and their cause amazing from David trevena

[@lyndaoneill7813]

I have been there and cried buckets watching the re-enactment on the surround screen,I had to leave,just too hard to watch the mass slaughter.We need to think and remember how much we fought and died for out beautiful wee country.Look what they are doing to it now...Glad Sturgeon has gone, now we need someone who will work hard, take control and make us proud again.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤❤❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@williamparker1085]

visited Culloden in autumn 1988, eerie place in the wind

[@lesterjohnston8888]

That is the pictish tribes you hear they fought for there land called pict land I'm pictish always not Scottish

[@mikebalis9963]

I can still remember seeing this battlefield in 1985. It was a cold and rainy day with the raindrops hitting the clan markers that stood as memorials to brave men. They are examples of how important it is to preserve memorials.

[@stephenswistchew7720]

Every little yellow flower of the Scottish broom is Scottish soul who lost his life for you

[@Bruce-1956]

There were just as many Scots on the government side.

[@stephenswistchew7720]

@@Bruce-1956 naw there wisnae

[@jamesmitchell5170]

Good job on this oldie islla

[@ycul21]

I read 'The Flight of the Heron'' trilogy at school, so was thrilled to visit Culloden years later. The song 'Flower of Scotland ' tells of it and to walk through the woods and see the markers is really sad. The Lonach Highlanders now add a new dimension to that history, I'm just waiting for Hollywood to put them all together - what a wonderful film that would be.

[@phillipgodwin6639]

Makes me so proud of my Scotish heritage. Clan McAllister!

[@stephenswistchew7720]

The stones of culloden say it all loneliness

[@thomasthetiger]

... and then came the 7th Tank Division, to fix this.

[@petergrhill]

wish I could find the sheet music for the pipes

[@thomasboyle1954]

they were the real 45 . my grandmother was camaron. R. I. P.

[@peterfromgw4615]

Mate, my mother was a McGillivray and some of her ancestors fell at Culloden. Grüße aus Australien

[@DuncanofAlba]

@@peterfromgw4615 My Mother a Mac Donald!

[@destarac1]

en plus de la danse me voilà avec la musique dans la téte

[@davidboyd2483]

Aye, Alba Go Brach!!!!!!!!!!

[@Bigbadjohn562]

Alba Go Brah! Up the Bonnie Prince, across the water!!!

[@daviddaly6419]

To the unionists whether Catholic or protestant in the big picture it was a fight against the union

[@cal11builder51]

@@daviddaly6419 wrong… it was an attempt to by Prince Charles to regain the British Throne.

[@jmunro-graham1568]

@@cal11builder51 he also promised to liquidate the union, although lord George Murray was a staunch supporter of the union.

[@cal11builder51]

@@jmunro-graham1568 I honestly like can’t stand Charles Stewart never set foot in Scotland and killed needless highlanders for a lost cause. Doubt he would have kept his word about liquidating the union 😬😓😓

[@jmunro-graham1568]

@@cal11builder51 It wasn't lost when he arrived in Scotland, and may have succeeded had they got the French support promised(by France). You must also remember that the Jacobite cause ran deep in many minds and hearts in certain part of Britain and Ireland. He probably wouldn't have as many Jacobite 's were pro Union. One last thing in 1745 He was raising troops to restore his father to the throne James VIII not himself.

[@keithbewick1464]

drival more scts on goverment side this was scotlands boyne

[@laurencesmith2199]

Aye .

[@lesterjohnston8888]

So true

[@ianjack7537]

the brittish empire only started after they stopped highlands was pasififyed i know my spelling crap

[@laurencesmith2199]

That was the plan all along , to get rid of the clan system . I'm not even sure Charlie wasn't in on it .

[@samanthalee5866]

Alba gu brath scotland forever

[@DuncanofAlba]

Ready! Aye Ready!

[@davidmacintosh669]

Facebook have banned this , saying that it goes against comunity standards. Now the unionist gits are taking the piss. ALBA GU BRATH, SUAR ALBA.

[@daviddaly6419]

Tired of hearing english history versions of the of culloden battle clan Cameron broke cumberlands right flank lord George Murray single handed fought through c umberlands right flank leading clan Cameron clan Cameron the best fighters in the British isles who also defeated Cromwellsl forces outside fort William when english historians talk about Scottish history they are really talking about english politics they say the Irish can tell good stories the english are better at it

[@skylar7740]

You do realise this battle was part of a wider conflict across the continent? It wasn't English Vs Scot as most nationalists want to believe.

[@daviddaly6419]

@@skylar7740 it was a fight against the union and whats a nationalists either your scottish or not

[@stevezodiac491]

@@daviddaly6419 it wasn't, it was a fight to put a Catholic on the throne of England and Scotland instead of a protestant head. The Jacobites were made up from many English as well, particularly from Lancashire and the North West of England.

[@lesterjohnston8888]

@@stevezodiac491 it's the picts I'm interested in they were from Shetland down to Orkney all the pictish sites on the East Coast what was called pict land and down to Lancashire it was the king that was called scot so when the tribes United called it Scotland, anyway i am from. The pictish tribes the picts will never die in me. You called them English, but the heritage is pictish because they lived in what its now called Lancashire and i have the evidence

[@shirleytoole6297]

L CT

[@MichaelKng-fk5jk]

I shake my heed, crazy fool singing. Last time I visited Culloden it wasn't commercialized. No flags. Only a deep family feeling at the stones. This is just wrong!

[@boba3731]

too bad they backed the Bonnie Prince....should 've thought that one bit better

[@reality-cheque]

The highlanders were not fighting for Scotland, they were fighting for the Jacobites to overthrow the legitimate British government. More Scots fought for the Government at Culloden and they gallantly faced the highland charge and, thankfully prevailed, thus preventing a horrific repeat of ‘divine rule’ - which led to the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The highlanders were duped by Charles E Stuart and fought gallantly. The penalty for treason in 1746 was death, which is one reason they were pursued by British (Scots, Welsh and English) forces after the battle. This song, lovely though it is, is historically incorrect and dishonours the heroism of the redcoats who faced the charge.

[@alistairbain6149]

It is arguable that James Francis Edward Stuart was the legitimate monarch. He was in the direct line from his father James II and VII. Further, no argument can be made to excuse the Butcher’s atrocities after Culloden.

[@reality-cheque]

@@alistairbain6149 Following a bloody civil war, there was partial 'democracy' in 1688, so the monarch was, whoever parliament decided he/she should be. Since Cromwell, English and British monarchs have ruled by consent, not divine right. There's little factual evidence of Cumberland's 'atrocities'. Treason carries the death penalty which may explain why many of the wounded were killed after the battle. Records show that 3,471 Jacobites were taken prisoner, of which just 120 were executed (1/3rd being British deserters). About 1,000 were released and 1,000 were deported. Some 400 were exchanged for French PoW's and the fate of about 700 is not known but they are thought to have escaped and returned to the Highlands (Government embarrassment precluded recording this). The factual records do not support "the Butcher's atrocities" although I'm sure there were many injustices.

[@malcolmpark8045]

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[@laurencefox5884]

@D M And yet you cannot think of an articulate response to rebut his suggestion. Looks like you have no idea what you are talking about either way. Thanks.

[@skylar7740]

It was also part of a larger conflict across the continent. There's a guy on here (Scotland History Tours) who tells the real story about this battle. It's not this mythology that it's Scots Vs English.